Hoosiers (1986)

7.0/10 114 min Drama Family

Overview

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.

Cast

Gene Hackman

Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey

Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper

Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch

Sheb Wooley

Cletus Summers

Maris Valainis

Jimmy Chitwood

David Neidorf

Everett Flatch (#21)

Brad Long

Buddy Walker (#14)

Steve Hollar

Rade Butcher (#25)

Wade Schenck

Ollie McLellan (#13)

Fern Persons

Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross

George Walker

Gloria Dorson

Millie

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